Chapter 392.1: Great Cause, Getting Overlooked?
The He family’s guard rushed towards Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor in the fastest speed. However, it wasn’t worrying that the battle would escalate, but rather fighting that violently certainly will draw over the people of the City Defense Squad. Getting caught by the people of the City Defense Squad, it was still okay if one doesn’t resist. At most, it would just be suffering a bit of physical pain, and in the end, certainly would be able to get fished out. But, based on his understanding towards his young master, this possibility was very small, because in the past, the number of times he’d gotten caught were numerous, it’d already formed into an instinctive habit, subconsciously striking back. This counterattack certain will cause trouble………….
That’s why, it’s best to be able to have the person fished out before he gets taken away.
The horse can’t be spurred in the city, but they didn’t even bring a horse out. That’s why, he could only rely on his two legs. Running too vigorously affected his old injury, but that bit of pain, he was already used to. It affected his movements, but it couldn’t stop him from advancing in that speed.
In front of Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor’s gates, propping against his knees, he heavily gasped for breath. His bones stabbed with pain, but right now, he could only ignore it, going forward in two three steps, quickly having the whole situation explained to Jin Qinw.a.n.g manor’s gatekeepers, asking Jin Qinw.a.n.g to lend a hand and save their their family’s young master.
The guards looked to one another in dismay, but still quickly had the matter reported in. Although the He family’s young master got ruthlessly beaten by w.a.n.gye every time he came, but in reality, for the others of Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor, He s.h.i.+ Hai was still a relatively special existence. At least, don’t look at how violent w.a.n.gye was in beating up the person, in reality, it was still considered accepting towards him. Even the other w.a.n.gyes all didn’t have this kind of rare honor.
Li Hong Yuan was currently a.s.sisting Jing Wan, helping her blend paint. That appearance practically couldn’t be more idle and carefree.
Upon hearing this matter, he instantly just knew who He s.h.i.+ Hai got in a fight with. Speaking of which, in the past life, although there wasn’t the matter of the national doc.u.ments arriving together, and Former Wei didn’t arrive in advance nor was the first to arrive, there was still the incident of a certain prince ‘secretly running away’. Although it wasn’t like this time, just running away first thing, it still made others overturn the heavens looking for him.
Things inherently weren’t that serious, just merely having looked in the wrong direction. They all thought that if the other party wanted to find out something, they would certainly head towards flouris.h.i.+ng areas where one can easily approach high officials and n.o.bles, or their family members. However, the actual situation wasn’t like this at all, instead running to the district where ordinary commoners generally gathered.
In this life, this bit still didn’t change, just having ran into He s.h.i.+ Hai, who wasn’t in the capital in the past life. Their two personalities in essences were entirely different, yet on the surface, they were a bit similar, in the end, directly getting into a fight. As such, there was no need to painstakingly look for the person.
Regardless of how He s.h.i.+ Hai was, that was still his person. No matter how he trained him, it all wasn’t a problem.
However, the other party was an enemy, and moreover, a killer general of Former Wei, a plunderer that killed, pillaged, and burned everything. Regardless whether it was the soldiers or the ordinary commoners, it was all such an ending. Of course, this was something several years from now. Right now, he was still far from that step.
In the past life, quite a few generals under Li Hong Yuan all lost their lives to him. However, at that time, He s.h.i.+ Hai’s fame as a war G.o.d had already spread afar. The other party didn’t fear anyone, yet just didn’t dare to confront He s.h.i.+ Hai. Every single time, he would always avoid. However, in the end, Li Hong Yuan still set a trap, letting He s.h.i.+ Hai have him beheaded and hang him from the city walls, scorching into a dry corpse, so as to appease the spirits of the deceased soldiers in heaven.
In the past life, the first time the other party met with He s.h.i.+ Hai, they just lost their life. This life, these two just started fighting in their first meeting. It truly was ‘fateful’.
Even so, Li Hong Yuan still never considered having the person put to death immediately. In this lifetime, his ‘use’ will be even greater.
Li Hong Yuan’s face was calm without ripples, his hands not stopping, “Let An Yi go have the person brought back.” He neither quickly nor slowly had the colors Jing Wan needed prepared, putting down the brush, “Even if not voluntarily looking for trouble, trouble would still come looking. Wan Wan, your husband, I, just has an exhausting fate.”
Jing Wan right now was focused on painting. Regarding He s.h.i.+ Hai’s matter, she also just listened along. Towards a certain someone occasionally ‘sighing in complaint’, she was also used to. When bored, Jing Wan would still play along with him, just treating it as amus.e.m.e.nt, but right now, she was currently busy. Moreover, the more you respond to him, the more endless he will probably become.
However, Li Hong Yuan also didn’t really want to disturb Jing Wan. Was.h.i.+ng his hands, he slowly wiped it dry, “I’ll go have this matter taken care of.”
“Go, go.” That tone and manner of hers was like as if carrying a bit of disdain.
Li Hong Yuan this time rather didn’t act up, just prior to leaving, he unhesitantly hugged Jing Wan and kissed a few times, causing Jing Wan to nearly mess up the painting. That’s why, in the end, she still angrily patted him. In the end, the living Enma was truly well versed in ‘if the mountain doesn’t come to me, I shall go to it.’
Li Hong Yuan left the study, letting someone have the He family guard called over. Because of the pain from his old injuries, as well as getting stopped by the people of Jin Qinw.a.n.g Manor, the guard didn’t go back either. And Li Hong Yuan needed to learn from his mouth the cause and effect of this whole matter, in order to be able to decide how to deal with this matter in the end.
After hearing the whole matter, this matter already wasn’t just an incident. Under this kind of circ.u.mstance, Qi Yuan and Former Wei appear to still be considered harmonious, but in reality, when truly encountering something, even the most pedantic, the most concerned with the golden mean, the most obsessed with etiquette, that bunch that always noisily argued against using military force to solve problems, all couldn’t help but push up their sleeves. Someone from Former Wei? To h.e.l.l with them!
As one would like to ask, towards an existence that has been continuously eyeing one’s country, even constantly claiming that this piece of land that one was loyal to and prepared to dedicate one’s entire life to originally just belonged to Former Wei, saying that Qi Yuan was a thief, no one would be able to endure!
As long as it’s having all the fault deathly pinned on the other party, then as long as no one died, the old pedants, just based on that mouth of theirs, can just have the other party provoked to death. No matter how capable your entire emissary squad was, how good were your odds of success in a battle of words? Those that can verbally duel against a horde of scholars already weren’t many to begin with, and even if the other party had one, it didn’t mean that Qi Yuan didn’t.
That’s why, the final result was probably just as Le Cheng Emperor and them had initially thought inside, ‘deservedly so and unlucky’.
Actually, this can also be considered He s.h.i.+ Hai’s good fortune. If switched with any other country, even if just a small country, He s.h.i.+ Hai will all have to pay a heavy price. Of course, the premise being that Li Hong Yuan won’t help him. With the living Enma’s help, regardless of who you are, all need to withdraw, and regardless who the person that got beat was, at most it would just be compensating a bit of damage. Could it be that just because of this, you will just directly wage war? If really like so, then can only say, some already wanted to fight. As such, it can’t be blamed on He s.h.i.+ Hai either. Without this excuse of his, there would still be other excuses. In any case, it definitely won’t be dragged out for long.
Originally, the City Defense Squad should’ve came rather quickly, and definitely before An Yi, but unfortunately, they’d ran to other places to look for the person. Hurriedly rus.h.i.+ng over, they practically arrived at the same time as An Yi.
In this Former Wei prince’s eyes, to still dared to hit him without restraint after knowing his ident.i.ty, nine times out of ten, the other party was of the same status as him. Just, towards the various imperial princes of Qi Yuan, he had a rough understanding, momentarily still unable to distinguish the other party. However, once the City Defense Squad came, discovering that the other party was actually just He Zhen Wei’s son, and even one without rank or t.i.tle, he nearly vomited a mouthful of old blood. Don’t ask why he knew He Zhen Wei. Former Wei was located directly north of Qi Yuan. To the east was the territory of those big and small coalition of tribes that required He Zhen Wei to defend against. After Former Wei stabilized their current territory, their main focus turned towards Qi Yuan. As such, they also had quite a few dealings with those coalitions. And matters related to Qi Yuan, they naturally just particularly paid attention to.
He Zhen Wei still had three sons in existence. The eldest and the fourth son had already became military officers of different rank, only his youngest son, the most dauntless, yet still just a baishen[1].
The Former Wei prince wanted to violently kill the person, but he had gotten beaten up a bit miserably by the overly excited He s.h.i.+ Hai. Afterwards, he even grabbed the bodyguard’s blade, and since he wanted to use a blade, He s.h.i.+ Hai just stole one as well……….
“This matter, your Qi Yuan must give this prince an explanation. Otherwise, this matter, my Great Wei dynasty definitely won’t take lying down!” His face was covered with a vicious look, and although he had injuries all over his body, inhaling a cold breath from the pain, unable to even stand properly, his inherent nature still didn’t change, putting down the harsh words.
The squad leader that was in charge of this division of the City Defense Squad also felt he was unlucky. How come he had to run into this matter? However, this matter, he didn’t have the ability to preside over. After contemplating for a moment, it was still best to have the He family young master taken back and handed over to his superiors to take care of. Waving his hand, “Have young master He taken away.”
He s.h.i.+ Hai, sure enough, just as his guard had predicted, subconsciously just wanted to fight back, but because An Yi had already arrived, “Please wait.” These two words stopped He s.h.i.+ Hai. An Yi walked forward, simply not looking to that Former Wei’s prince, just looking towards the people of the City Defense Squad, “Master let me have the person taken back.”
Towards An Yi, this person that others didn’t know the name of, but was the head of the guards by Jin Qinw.a.n.g’s side, perhaps not every single one of them recognized him, but towards those that one should recognize, one still needed to recognize, for the sake of better preserving one’s own life, as well as the lives of the people below.
That’s why, as soon as An Yi opened his mouth, the other party just agreed without another word, even being quite deferential.
Thus, An Yi had He s.h.i.+ Hai as well as the He family’s other three bodyguards led away altogether. The Former Wei prince was angered beyond words, dragging his injured body as he went forward, wanting to block, but instead encountered the City Defense Squad’s obstruction.
[1] Refers to people who hold no rank or t.i.tle, and have never partic.i.p.ated in the imperial exam.
T/N: He Zhen Wei’s second and third son have already died. It’s unclear which sons were di and shu, except for He s.h.i.+ Hai, who’s explicitly stated as his youngest di son. At least two of his sons were shu born.